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Judge O'Day : Loses , Papers,
llis Partner $250 in Coin
: -Uses Fire Escapes to En
; ter Chamber of Commerce
" Offices, '?:..i:'h''-y'-
Another successful attempt to loot
offices la .the Chamber of Commerce
building, the second within month,
wu made last night. The thieves, evi
denUy expert-safecrackers, secured 1350
In caah end some other valuables from
the offices of -Judge Thomas O'Day and
William W. Banks, while the offices
Of Williams. Wood end Llnthlcum were
ransacked In the hunt for valuables.' '
1- .hVaoa In (ha lnat raid on the
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building, entrance was secured by
climbing through the new Boara or
Trade building, which adjoins the Cham
ber of Commerce, getting up on the
roof of the Chamber of Commerce and
dencending; by way of the fire escape.
They evidently tried the offices of Williams,-Wood
and Llnthlcum first, went
through thenvopenlnn desks and scat
tering papers over the floor and the.
went on down to the fire escape te
the, third floor, where thev secured, en
trance to ,the office of William W.
Banks through the 'window opening on
the fire escape.
,, r judge ODaye ate..
In Judge ODays private office Is an
old-fashioned square safe, with combina
tion lock. This safe was locked-by
Judge O'DAy's Stenographer Saturday
noon and was not opened again. In It
Mr. Banks had 32B0 in currency, there
were numerous cases of valuable pa
pers,, wills and deeds and a case of
solid V silverware . belonging to L. H.
eV v ' . . ' ' : ' ,.
r ; pfflce;,bulldJ . thieves' have e
; been Plying their; vocation for
, weeks past, but , no concerted
e t effprt has been made by the au-
e thortties toward ; trailing them. .:
' The burglars aeemr to operate at
, wijt. but the peculiar nature of ;
v their. . crimes has X not been
. studied out .except by the vprt- .
e yate detective agencies of the 4
' city,' one of whose 'agents this
'morrdng said:; J. ,uvv "!
e -' fTou -cannot catch's, thief nn-, 4
e) less you go after him." 'When
"two or more crimes, of the sane '
.. nature have been committed Ma
One community It Is usual for
the police to work but certain
e. well-known - lines of - detective 4
workmaking close study of the 4
4 ' probable character of the crlml- 4
4 nals. -1 don't think this has yet 4
4 been done In Portland and It 4
4 would be a good plan to adopt" 4
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FIRST WITNESS
; III W CASE
Walter Tilkcming Identifies
, Plans of Madison Square
' Garden.
' . ' (TJnlted Prew Leased wire.T
New York, Jan. 18. Assistant District
Uttorney Garvin opened, and closed ms
liThement to the Jury In the Thaw mur-
Ar trial this morning and Immediately
following the. conclusion of his .brief
remaras waiter uKemui wti v.
as -the" first ..witness.-;-
-Garvin simply ' made a plain ' tate
ment of facts concerning the firing or
the fatal shot: Vilkemlng was asked
...1.1.. ..lit nathlnr nf much in-
terest -outside of identifying the plans
Of the Madison square gra. ,
Mrs. William Thaw, mother of the de
fendant, i expected here. Thursday. It
Is not Improbable that she will be. called
to the .stand on Friday. - - , tl
i Jamei Clinch Smith followed Vilke
mlng to the etand after all other wit-
BJvelyn Thaw and medical experts were
Miowea to fawa.t -
SOUTHERN PLANTER
KILLS THREE NEGROES
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(Dotted Prtw ' Leased Wire.) v " '
cotton planter living 4 miles north
mat of Dallas, yesterday became In
volved In a business controversy with
a party Of negro .laoorers; ana- epenea
flre on them, killing three and wound -
n w22- taken'; before a iustice, Jones
pleaded self-defense. - He was, held in
19,000 ball, wnion n lumuuw, .
was released irom cuamuy. , y
LIPTON IIASOlSaiM;
ABANDONED CUP
' " runited rresi' -tisiie:r..ir
ton has not abandoned the idea of chal
lenging American yachtsmen for anoth;
7 i . AHA T.intAn tm vi.lnnr.
The report- says that formal notice pf a
lallenge for contest In 190? w HI be
sent me new or. ,
near future. -x , .
MONEY STRINGENCY
HURTS CHINA INDUSTRY
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Limoges, xFrance.. Jan. 13.The North
American money crisis has affected
gravely the porcelain manufacture or
this region, whose products are ex
ported mainly i to- the- United States.
Two hundred operatives lost work, but
It Is hoped the renewal of business may
be soon promlted as the condition Im
proves. - - - i
Tarpiey. Mr. Tarpley is out of the
City and before leaving, fearing 'that
his house might be burglarised, he had
the silverware taken to the office and
locked in the safe. He also placed
gold watch with. Swiss movements and
some other- valuables In another box.
The silverware was not taken but the
box containing the watch has disap
peared. .
Members of Judge O'Day's office are
so positive about the sare being locket
and the whole combination having been
thrown that it Is believed an expert
safe man must have been concerned In
the robbery. No one else would have
been able to have worked the combi
nation. , '
Cases of valuable papers - and the
tMTIIl VUllWHIIHf . Vila lllvilD 1IVIH
the OTJsy safe were found this morn
lnar on the fire "escape at the fifth story
platform, so It Is believed the- thieves
made 'their : escape via the roof end
Board of Trade building?' ,
.v. ; Overlook Valuables. w
in their hasty search of the Williams,'
TCTaa A. T.ln(kl.iiM . SiiU. vhl.h 1m.
wt wvi Vfe 1,1,1,1 H . . . . r, ( . . V-. 1 .-
eludes seven or eight offices on - the
rourtn noor, tne tnieves ovenooxeo tne
private den of Colonel C. E. S. Wood
which Is full of many valuable art
treasures, and much- solid silverware.
Colonel Wood Is out of the city and It
Is not thought that this room was even
entered. The room- used by him as a
law office contalnsvsn open desk, and
(Continued on Page Two.)
ALASKA STEAMER
SmiKESlDBAII
Vessel Not Believed to lie in
Much Danger Passen
. gers for Cordova. .
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vValdes. Alaska, Jan. 13.' Steamer Sar
atoga of the Alaska. Steamship company
while en route from Valdes to Seward
via Cordova, went ashore on the mud
banks at . the latter place. Captain
Shaage refused assistance from the
steamer Elsie, believing that he would
float off with the high tide today.
. The steamer has a large cargo aboard
for Cordova and many passengers. No
cause Is known here for the accident,
unless a high storm-or fog was prevailing.
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BAD
Turie Nordstorm Accused of
Collecting $15,000 at Chi
. cagb on Paper Signed by
- Astoria Bank Cashier for
Three Dollars.
J; R. A Bennett Name Used
by Son of Prominent Man
to Secure Coin Forges
Letter of Introduction to
Complete Scheme.
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Old, .-Motion for Separate
Trial of Defendant Was
in Hands of Judge Bellin
ger When Latter Died,
Two Years Ago.
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
Astoria. Or.. Jan. 13. Turie Nord
storm, son of the assistant cashier of
the Scandinavian-American' bank, is
charged with having raised a 33 draft,
signed by J. R. A. Bennet, to 318.000
and eloping with the cash. A draft
for 315,000 was received from Chicago
this morning whlqh told the story, wo
trace of young Wordstorm has been
found. . . - ....
Mr. Bennet, wno is caemer ui
mi Watinrial hank here, cave young
Nordstorm a draft tor J on inanasgiv
im. thA awa rT t nee vnunv niM.ii uc
parture for Chicago, ostensibly to sell
oil stock.. Nordstorm le charged with
f..i.,', lti.r nf Introduction to the
Chicago bank and then collecting the
large sum on me raiww rX .
Tna,n- , rirk in the First
National bank' here for two yee and
bore good reputation, auinougu ii
irnnw that h had trouble with his
wife. He was married a year ago and
shortly arterwaro nis unue icit "
st. i)Uis broker:
HAS PIPE DREAM
(United Praaa Leased Wire.)
St Louis. Jan. 13. Claude H. Wet
more, broker and an authority on naval
affairs and aftdltor of marine stores,
has addressed an open letter to Presi
dent Roosevelt In which he urges that
t mm fi.t ha ,nt around the Horn
Instead of by way of the Straits of
Magellan, wetmore aeciareo jmi
officers of the navy fear Japanese
tu.nVi.nr and alaft savs that emissaries
of the mikado have been in this country
for years seeKing iniormauon m u
tnem in tne event m war. ....
nv..r. 1. rnaxnn to believe that even
k un Junan mav have sent a
swift cruiser witn seaieo oracm i 1
the straits or uageuiui wnn uh!.
which will cause at least the destruc
tion of some or our great-eei, hm.
RUSSIA WILL BUILD
MANY NEW SHIPS
(United Preas Leased Wire.)
St. Petersburg. Jan. 13. The ad
miralty has resolved on the construc
tion of a complete homogeneous squad
ron of four battleships, eight cruisers
and necessary number of torpedo boats,
and destroyers. The- plans are now
being studied of the first squadron with
great secrecy but It is known that the
class of the Dreadnaught Is being
sought. The battleships will be spme
thinsrless than 33,000 tons and will be
built in Russia.
Judge Hunt Will Have to
Dispose of Matter Before
Trial Proceeds Jury to
Be Drawn Tomorrow; Evi
dence Wednesday.
CHID
COWARD
Etta Fink of Alpha, Washington, Interposes to Save Pet
, Dog From Victor Smith, Who Coolly Shoots Her,
' - Then Shoots the Dog. 1
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. " Chehall. Wash., Jan. 13. Ten-year-old
EtU Fink wae shot at her home at
Alpha,, 20 miles east of Chehalis, yes
terday -y Victor Smith, 18 years old, t
'Ismith had a companion iiaimed Moos
ter'vwlth him and said fie was going
to kill Mrs. Fink's dog. To save the
dog the little ..girl rushed to Its resoue.
As she approached the animal, ' Smith
directed his aim toward her and fired,
then shot the dog. . . . .
The child was hit In the right breast,
the 'bullet- lodging. In her; back. - The
dog's leg was broken and It escaped.
Smith fled to the woods and has not
been, captured, .though .a large party of
ranchers and ? George King, , deputjr
sheriff, are In . pursui t .
- The Fink girl was brought to a local
hospital for medical attendance and. it
Is thought, will recover. -
PROSECUTON STUDES
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i fian Franoleeo, Cal. Jan. 13. The fate
of Buef and i the future policy of ,tho
graft prosecution will be determined to
day ; at : a 'conference; to be held be
tween the former hoes and Dlstrlot At
torney Langdon. Ruef will be In Judge
Dunne's court In connection with somo
of the bribery cases, after -which: he
will demand an nnderstandlng with the
prosecution andit wlii be confronted
with the most momentoue; question
which It has had to consider since It
undertook' Its - investigation. Whether
Ruef is to remain in the county Jail
until the remittitur of the opinion of
the district court of appeals goes down
to-Judge Dunne'e court or whether he
will be released at once on the extor
tion charges and admitted to ball on,
the .bribery charges Is an alternative
that' the prosecution -will have to , de
cide. The prosecution of Ruef on the
bribery charges la another matte that
must be determined. - -
Like a forxotten voice from the long
distant past, John H. Hall's demand for
a separate trial In the land fraud fenc
ing case wlih-h was opened In the
United 8tates district court this morn
ing came up to face F. J. Heney and the
government when the docket record was
read by. Judge Hunt. This motion,
never decided because of the death of
Judge Bellinger before whom It was
argued, will have to be disposed of be
fore the Hall case goes to trial and It
Is probable that It will be -renewed in
the morning when the real Work of the
court opens. Ex-Congressman Binger
Hermann will not be put on trial as a
codefendant in this case, such an agree
ment havlnar been reached betwean Mr.
Heaejt.and John Mv tJearln, attorney for
nermann. . .
When Hall' was' first Indicted nearly
three years ago and was arraigned In
tne early part of April, 1905, he en
tered a plea of not guilty before Judge
Bollinger and at that time filed a mo
tion demanding a separate trial of his
case.
Died Before XaMna; SeoUioa.
The motion was argued and submitted
to Judge Bellinger for hie decision. The
judge took the question under advise
ment, but before he cpuld render a de
cision his fatal illness intervened and
he died without ever making known
what his ruling would have been.
Since that time the Hall case has
laxged until when the docket record
waa read by Judge Hunt this morning
the Unfinished motion hun. mnmnanAmA
and will have to be ruled upon by Judge
Hunt before the trial can proceed.
John Hall, who made the motion, had
almost forgotten the action taken so
long ago ana is now undecided whether
to insist upon its coneldnratlnn or in mn
to trial with his codefendants. He will
discuss the question with his attorney,
Judge I R. Webster, today and ar
rive at - eome eonclualon-- before the
opening of court In the morning.
An unfinished, nla in ihit.m,n eiiA
by Franklin- P. Maya- another of the
defendants in the same suit, will also
be argued by the counsel before the
beginning Of the trial.. Thin nlnn .-na
filed by Mays at about the same time
the Hall motion-was filed. Like that
motion it was argued - and submitted
by Judge Bellinger but wae never de
cided. - .- ,,;,; .
Tha nlaa wflT ha f VA n txr t
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Hill, attorney for Mr. Mays, and will
oe arguea Derore Judge Hunt in the
morning. The plea hinges upon the
oia question tnresnea out during, the
Mitchell and Williamson cases regard
ing the citlsenship of George Guetlp, a
member of the Brand Jury which re
turned the Indictment, under which the
trial is to be held.
Mr. Hill will contend that .the coun
ty court of Clatsop county had no Jur
isdiction In granting Gustin's citizen
ship papers.
. Draw Jury Tomorrow.
The real beginning of the Hall trial
occurs tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock.
The courtroom In the federal building
was crowded with witnesses. Droscec-
tive jurors and attorneys when Judge
Hunt took his place on the bench soon
after 10 o'clock this morning. Besides
straightening out the record In the
case nothing was done.
After arranging for the consideration
of -such nreliminary motions as will
have to be discussed Judge Hunt an
nounced a recess until 2 o'clock at
which time he listened to such jurymen
as had- reasons to be excused from
Hrvic "
The task of drawing a Jusr for the
trial of the case will beln at 10
o'clock tomorrow. A venire of 100 men
has been drawn from tho valley coun
ties and both the government and .he
defense have been paying particular at
tention to the antecedents of the va
rious men who make 'up the list In
order to discover any possible grounds
for disqualification.
BRYAN'S DOUBLE
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FRANCIS J. HENEY, PROSECT'TOR.
111,1
Cliff Halev Was in Point of .
Being Eelieved of , Valu
ables "Wlien Customers .
Entered His Grocery Store
Robbers Frightened; S :
Woman's Companion De-
parts With Speed AVheni ,
Appealed to for Help
Thief Coolly Leaves After
Pocketing Gun.
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Banker to Take Possession of Title Guarantee This Week
and Begin Repayment of Accounts to Depositors
Agreement With Surety Co. Satisfactory.
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DALLAS
Charles K. Wolf, Who Close
. ly Resembled Nebraskan,
Dies of Heart JDisease.
Dallas. Tex., Jan. 18. Charles K.
Wolf, known ag the double of William
J.. Bryan, died of heart disease at his
home In this city yesterday. He was
sick less than 10 minutes. Wolfs phys
ical, facial and vocal resemblance of
Bryan was so remarkable that he fre.
quently was mistaken for the Nebraska
statesman and often made catchy short
speeches that added to the deception
He practiced this to a notable extent
at the national meeting of Elks. In Phil,
adelphia last July. ' . - ;
William M. ladd will assume posses
sion of the affairs of the Title Guaran
tee ft Trust company by Thursday next.
In all probability, and begin at once
tha task of returning to the depositors
of the ' Institution their money dollar
for dollar. ,
An agreement has been reached be
tween W. C. Bristol, attorney for the
American Surety company and the rep
resentatives of Mr. Ladd by which the
last obstacle to the resumption of the
bank by Mr. Ladd has been removed.
This agreement has been drafted and
will be signed this afternoon or tomor
row, after which the United States
court will be asked to grant an order
turning over the management of the
Title company to Mr. Ladd.
By the terms of the guaranty entered
Into between Mr. Ladd and the aurety
company, the former Is to assume the
repayment to the surety company of all
funds which the company has been
compelled to pay the state by reason
of the failure of the bank. Mr. Ladd Is
to pay the company 3100,00 within
two years with Interest at 4 per cent.
This Is the amount which the surety
company has already paid the state.
. ..The Surety company has also agreed
to pay the state some izeo.uuu uui
tlonal on or before two years with in
terest at 5 per cent. Mr.Xadd In turn
agrees to repay this sum to the Surety
company- within three years with inter
est at i per cent .
In - return for - these stipulations the
Surety company. relinquishes to Mr.
Ladd all-Of the securities given It by
George A.t Steel, consisting for the
most , part , of i the M. B. Rankin notes
given by the Texas and Oregon Land
company and' amounting to more than
3400,000. The company also waives its
contention of prior rights of payment,
thus taking Its place with the other
large depositors in the settlement of lte
claims. --f
'As soon as Is possible- after the agree
ment has been signed Judge Wolver
ton will be asked to give Mr. Ladd
possession of the assets and holdings
Of the Title Guarantee A Trust com
pany and grant him permission to han
dle the business of the Institution in
such manner as may seem to him to be
the best way of securing the greatest
returns from the assets of the bank.
It is nrobable that this petition will
be presented to the court tomorrow
when -the pending motions of receiver
Mears ana tne motion oi mr. oruira
rnm tm for discussion. It is ex
pected that at this time the attorneys
for the receiver and the Surety com
pany will withdraw their contentions in
favor of Mr. Ladd's taking charge of
the Institution. Mr. Laaa win assume
control of the Institution as soort as the
court grants the order.
"Come Tomorrow for Payment," Says Renter to Agent
Moment Afterward Dwelling Falls on Heads of
Occupants Who Run Screaming Into Street. ,
Within half an hour after Axel E.
Schwartz, a bartender living at 107
North Twelfth street, had requested the
agent to call tomorrow for this month's
rent, which was due today, the house
began to tremble, sort of earthquake
fashion this morning, wobbled. bout
bit, and then one side of it went down
about five feet while the timbers
creaked and cracked and the occupants
of the house screamed -.and ran In all
directions. The wooden supports unaer
the four-roomea nouse,
Twelfth, near 311san street, had col
lapsed. Schwart and his family are
moving out this afternoon. .
No one was injured. . Miss Slgnd I.
Schwart was in the kitchen at the
time the building fell. Her father was
In another part of the house. As the
building began to sink, dishes, which
the girl was washing, were thrown to
the floor and added to the confusion
of the two- occupants. Mirrors and
pieces of furniture also raced across
the ' rooms as the house went down
onesided and all in all considerable ex
citement resulted. '. i f -
Neighbors heard the crackling of tho
rotten timbers and hurried to the res
cue. Schwartz and his daughter were
found safe, however. . .- : i -
The building rests at.-an angle of
about . 35 degress. Wakefield- Fries &
Co., real estate dealers, are agents for
the owner of the house.
ANKENY SAYS THREE; r : i.
SUBMARINES' SHOULD
BE GIVEN TO GO AST
. . (ITalUd Press Leased Wire.).', ' . ,
; f Washington, Jan. 13. Three subma
rine boats, two for Puget sound and the
third Or Grays 'Harbor, Washington,
are provided for in a resolution- Intro
duoed n the United SUtes senate today
by Senator Ankeny and adopted by that
body. v . -
The resolution calls upon the secre
tary of Ih navy to submit figures giv
ing -the cost of the boats,- and also re
quests "Secretary - Metcalf to report on
the necessity -of the. purchase of the
submarines. This action has awakened
new interest In the--senate in the. Pa
cific coast defenses, this bpnt shown
by- the close attention the senators
gave . the resolution. ,
blr holdun man with a big gun ere
eted a sensation on Fifth street oppo.
site the 'city ball Saturday, night by
making an Ineffectual attempt to rob
Cliff Haley, proprietor Of a grocery,
tor at 273 Fifth street. The rough
appearance of the highwayman arme4
with a large revolver, tne snouts or
fHrhtened nedestrlan and the screams
of a woman combined to make the sit
uation sufficiently melodramatio to at
tract a crowd and furnish nerve tnnus
for the entire neighborhood.
Haley closed his place of business
at 10:30 o'clock and went out for a
walk before retiring to his room In the
"rear "of the stora "When he returned
shortly after 11 o'clock he noticed two
rough-appearing characters standing ; on
lhe corner of Jefferson and - Hfth,
streets, but as the men made no attempt
to molest him be gave them no further
front door of his store one of these men
approached and said he wanted to buy.
some cigarette papers. ,
Haley then went into the store and
i 1 AMr hahinA tha rnimtpr to aret
the papers asked for by the stranger.
When he straightened up he found him
self looking Into the muxzle of a bis;
, l.tj v. tha itTUinr anil '
heard the comjjaand to hold up his bands
and be quick about It. -.- .-
"You would not shoot Tou are only
blufflg me." said Haley, hoping to gain
time.; . ' .' . . ..t .i . '
"If tnat s tne way you re .
I will blow a hole through you and. take ,
your . money afterward." growled the
robber. -' - v .
. . . i-, MMmAM a man ann a VMIUB
entered the store for the evident pur
pose of making a purchase. - Taking ad
f: jiv.r.inn mnnnA bv their
entrance, Haley hastily-.. declared that
he was being held up, at the same time
appealing to the newcomer for aid. . .
uplifted hands confronting the big rob-
Der ana nis.oiB iu w
woman screamed and the man, -in mm
haste to get outside and to a place of
safety, ran against . her and almost
knocked her to the floor. . . ' " .
Seeing that the game was up the rob
ber pocketed his weapon, cursed, the
storekeeper and strode out and was soon
lost jo view in the . direction of the
waterfront ' - . .
The circumstances . of the attempted .
robbery were communicated to the po- -lice
over the telephone, .but by the time
an officer arrived on the scene no trace
of the robber or his companion could bt)
found.:-.;!.,
SPORTING EDITOR
KILLED IH RACE
John Trentem of Houston'
Post Fatally Injured in
, 1 . Auto Accidenta l ,
- (T7nlted Preas teased Wlra ' '
Houston, Tex., Jan. 13. In an endur
ance run In - which about 18 automo
biles participated over country roads an
accident occurred on the final run in
which John Trentem, sporting editor
of the Houston Post,was killed, by a
collision with a streetcar. Brown Bots
was Injured Internally, and Kay "Weiss,
general sales agent of the Kirby Lum
ber company, was badly bruised by
another car. - -.it
cuouiilF
GlWOCilS
Secretary Taf t Sends Recom
mendation to President
. Action in Spring.
" ' (Caltl Pnea 11 Wire)
. Washington. Jan. 13. Cuba "! 1
turned back to the Cubans la '
March or April f 'nt r if a
oiiiraen.i -tion firwr.td I';,".
Rooh.'ic-jI. t.y PM'rirv of 'A-.ar i ' '
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the ptvi'icnt tc
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